PRODUCT NEWS Left: Seeing Machines’ Guardian 2 enables site leaders to track patterns and determine if operators are having repeated fatigue or distraction events
staying sharp Caterpillar has entered into an agreement with Seeing Machines to deliver and support light vehicle and on-highway driver fatigue and distraction monitoring technology through Cat dealers
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eeing Machines’ Guardian 2 system is an advanced, non-intrusive system that senses operator movements and analyses them for symptoms of fatigue or distraction in light vehicle applications. Seat vibration and audio alarms alert operators when a micro-sleep or distraction event is detected to effectively reduce dangerous and costly incidents. Guardian 2 joins the Driver Safety System (DSS), which monitors fatigue and distraction in off-highway vehicles, as part of the Cat MineStar Detect portfolio of safety technologies and services.
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creenmasters is adding to its range of trommels and scalping screens with the new SMA600 heavy duty rock trommel, set to arrive early next year. Ciaran Lagan, the company’s NSW sales director, tells Earthmovers & Excavators that Screenmasters’ new the new machine, currently under construction, heavy duty rock will be able to handle rocks of up to 800mm trammel can handle larger rocks and clay rich in diameter. material for better “The traditional scalping screen can’t accept screening those bigger feed sizes, so one of the benefits of a rock trommel is that it is more robust,” he says. “It is also good for clearing up clay rich material – it has a drum cleaner on it, so any clay rich Above: Designs for the material that would normally block up a screen SMA600 heavy duty rock is broken down and pushed through, so you can trommel - expected to arrive in Australia in early 2021 separate the rock from the clay.”
The system employs an improved sensor for enhanced resolution and an expanded field of view inside the cab. “The Guardian 2 system reduces the likelihood of safety incidents by alerting operators and keeping them focused on the job at hand,” MineStar Detect products commercial manager Mindy Elsasser says. “The monitoring services also provide near real-time alerts that inform supervisors of fatigue and distraction events, allowing them to respond quickly to help prevent further incidents,” she says. Additionally, the system provides reports and analytics, which enable site leaders to track patterns and determine if operators are having repeated fatigue or distraction events. Reports give managers visibility to the full impact of fatigue and distraction on safety and performance.
Lagan says the machine will have a number of new features designed specifically for Australia, including larger oil coolers and heavy-duty gearboxes to help the unit conveyors handle the larger rocks. “We did a push pull feeder – it is just more robust when you are dropping larger rocks onto the feeder, and other little changes like that,” he says. Screenmasters plans to get one larger and one smaller model for the company’s Sydney base – delivering from there to all over Australia’s east coast, Lagan says. The SMA600 will join Screenmasters’ Australia’s new product range of crushers, screens and stackers all built and designed for the Australian market.
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